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Helix nemoralis in the Pyrenees. — I can coiroborate 

 the observations of Dr. R. F. Scharff. At Lerans, near Pau, 

 H. nemoralis was mainly of the lihellula variety, and nearly 

 half were white lipped. The shells were large, and could never 

 be mistaken for H. hortensis, which was quite absent. So, too, 

 at Pau, H. hortensis was absent and H. nemoralis common, 

 fine, and richly coloured, while the albolabiata variety oc- 

 curred, though not so plentiful. At Latresne, near Bordeaux, 

 I found both H. hortensis and H. nemoralis (pace Dr. Sauerbie, 

 the Curator of the Bordeaux Museum, who was emphatic in his 

 denial of their being distinct species). At Tours I found both 

 species, the H. hortensis being mainly var. In tea. At Poitiers I 

 found only H. /iorte?isis, and chiefly var. lutea. The generaliza- 

 tion would seem to be that in France the more south one goes 

 and the higher the altitude the more II. nemoralis displaces H. 

 hortensis. So, when I went next year to the Alps, I expected 

 to find H. fiemoralis, but only found H. hortensis, except in one 

 hotel garden, where the former was obviously imported with 

 shrubs. Out of thousands of II. nemoralis I have examined in 

 Kent, I have only found one var. albolabiata. — J. W, Horslev, 

 Holy Trinity Vicarage, Woolwich. (Read before the Concho- 

 logical Society, March ist, 1893). 



Valvata piscinalis monstr. sinistrorsum at Hun- 

 stanton, West Norfolk. — An example of this monstrosity 

 was found at Hunstanton, in September, 1891, among a large 

 number of typical specimens. The upper whorls are dextral, 

 but by far the larger part of the shell is sinistral. The apex is 

 turned to one side and almost inverted, giving the shell a very 

 strange appearance. In size it is 5I mills, by 4 mills. Several 

 other monstrosities occurred near the same spot. One shell 

 was subscalariform, the last whorl being almost quite detached. 

 Another specimen has the upper part of the spire twisted to one 

 side (an example of this is recorded by Dr. Jeffreys in 'Brit. 

 Conch.'). Two other shells were very much flattened, one of 

 the two being nearly as flat as a Planorbis. — (Read before the 

 Conchological Society, Feb. ist, 1893, when a couple of micro- 

 photographs taken by the writer's brother, Mr. E. C. Cooper, 

 were exhibited). — J. E. Cooper, Highgate, Jan. 25, 1893. 



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